TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of the matrix metalloproteinase family reveals that MMP8 is often mutated in melanoma
AU - Palavalli, Lavanya H.
AU - Prickett, Todd D.
AU - Wunderlich, John R.
AU - Wei, Xiaomu
AU - Burrell, Allison S.
AU - Porter-Gill, Patricia
AU - Davis, Sean
AU - Wang, Chenwei
AU - Cronin, Julia C.
AU - Agrawal, Neena S.
AU - Lin, Jimmy C.
AU - Westbroek, Wendy
AU - Hoogstraten-Miller, Shelley
AU - Molinolo, Alfredo A.
AU - Fetsch, Patricia
AU - Filie, Armando C.
AU - O'Connell, Michael P.
AU - Banister, Carolyn E.
AU - Howard, Jason D.
AU - Buckhaults, Phillip
AU - Weeraratna, Ashani T.
AU - Brody, Lawrence C.
AU - Rosenberg, Steven A.
AU - Samuels, Yardena
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - A mutational analysis of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) gene family in human melanoma identified somatic mutations in 23% of melanomas. Five mutations in one of the most commonly mutated genes, MMP8, reduced MMP enzyme activity. Expression of wild-type but not mutant MMP8 in human melanoma cells inhibited growth on soft agar in vitro and tumor formation in vivo, suggesting that wild-type MMP-8 has the ability to inhibit melanoma progression.
AB - A mutational analysis of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) gene family in human melanoma identified somatic mutations in 23% of melanomas. Five mutations in one of the most commonly mutated genes, MMP8, reduced MMP enzyme activity. Expression of wild-type but not mutant MMP8 in human melanoma cells inhibited growth on soft agar in vitro and tumor formation in vivo, suggesting that wild-type MMP-8 has the ability to inhibit melanoma progression.
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U2 - 10.1038/ng.340
DO - 10.1038/ng.340
M3 - Article
C2 - 19330028
AN - SCOPUS:67349149403
VL - 41
SP - 518
EP - 520
JO - Nature Genetics
JF - Nature Genetics
SN - 1061-4036
IS - 5
ER -